Fly Tying a Parachute ant with Barry Ord Clarke

[@MyPancho1]

New standard for a long floating black ant pattern!!! Bravo

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Gary.

[@du69ck]

Again very nice pattern Thank's for explain Dan

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Dan.

[@flyrodhiker8326]

Wonderful job sir! You are truly a joy to watch.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you kindly!

[@xWNRMUx]

Another great tutorial. Going to be whipping up a bunch of these for next season. Thanks!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@davidfraser4083]

Thanks Barry. Tutorial excellent. I'll try some tying during the winter for the 'ant attack' next season. Cheers Big Davie.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Davie.

[@jamesvatter5729]

That's a great looking tie, Barry. As always, thanks for sharing.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you James.

[@WSFScotland]

Awesome as always!!!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@robertcornelius3514]

I just received your book. Good quality with a lot of pictures.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Robert, thanks so pleased that you like it.

[@fredleroux6920]

Thank you ,great tutorial 👍

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Fred.

[@andersklasson1226]

Love it. Tanks Barry🤩

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Anders

[@jimpyle560]

Well done.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Jim.

[@silvertip8k278]

Barry...I would love to see your rendition of a gray Rs2 or what we call a cheesman emerger...these two are hands down the best fall droppers here for browns and basically whatever... cut bows, cuts,rainbows etc...
All the best...t

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi, I have done the RS2 here: th-cam.com/video/QLG4tjnCpCw/w-d-xo.html

[@pekkaerkkila9233]

Do you always strip one side off the hackel when you tie parashuthackels Barry. Or do you alvays strip one side on all your hackelflies. Exellent flies by the way. Mvh Pekka

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Pekka, thank you, no not always, mostly on smaller parachute patterns.

[@Cordeneaux87]

What's your preferred bobbin for midges and other small flies?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Chris, I use one bobbin to tie the all! As with whip finish tools, I don't believe that having smaller or larger bobbins make any difference in the size of fly you tie.

[@pokeysflies5589]

What do you use for a backround?

[@Thefeatherbender]

A background! A large sheet of card that I colour with filters on my lights.

[@stephanepesquera805]

encore une belle video Barry !! et vue la situation actuelle je vais pouvoir monter des mouches en effet j 'ai fait l'acquisition de ton livre et celui de Marc Petitjean donc je vais pouvoir perfectionner mon apprentissage!!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Merci Stephane, I do hope that you enjoy the books and good luck with the tying.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Robert.

[@guybaumgartner4244]

tank BARRY perfect

[@Thefeatherbender]

Merci Guy.

[@colmogaora6055]

Beautiful ant. Might be a challenge to tie on the 16s/18s I use on my local river but I've got 4 months to get it right ;-)

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Colm, It's not difficult in those sizes to tie, the difficult bit is finding ostrich herl in the right size.

[@colmogaora6055]

@@Thefeatherbender Everywhere I look here in Ireland there are ostriches running about...

[@АнатолийЗайцев-я1щ]

Прекрасный муравей, великолепно 👍🤝

[@efy6069]

I’m curious, on all of the top fly tying channels I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen presenters use their rotary vice function. Is that because you know your audience likely doesn’t have a rotary vice, or because you simply don’t use it often?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi EFY, Interesting that you have noticed this. I would actually find it a little difficult to tie without it. I use my rotary all the time, when its an advantage to use it, in this particular pattern I had no use for it. I could have used it here for the herl work but then I would ideally, have had to use a bobbin cradle and when I am filming a bobbin cradle gets in the way. But I use it always for, dubbing, palmer and collar hackle, silk and floss bodies...